ECON 500: Fall 2006

 

Course Title: Money and Banking                                          Class Location: HH201

Number of Units: 3                                                               Class Schedule:  (T, Th) 335-450pm

Course ID: Econ 500-01                                                         Schedule Number: 13196                           

Exam Dates: In-Class Midterm: 10/26, Thursday

          Final: 130-4pm, 12/19, Tuesday

 

Instructor: Dr. Yanchun Zhang

Office: HSS 144          Office Phone Number: 415-338-7516            Email: yanchun@sfsu.edu

Office Hour: (TTH) 200-300pm and (TH) 500-700pm, or by appointment

 

Class Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/yanchun/econ500.htm

Syllabus                Fed University Symposium

Introduction (Chap. 1, 2 and 3)

 

Lecture1: Money Multiplier

Recommended Reading: Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions

 

Lecture2: Monetary Base

 

Lecture3: Fed and Monetary Policy Tools

Recommended Reading: Historical Changes in the Federal Funds and Discount Rates and Open Market Operations

 

Lecture4: Monetary Policy Goals and Implementation

 

Lecture5: Monetary Policy in an Open Economy Framework

Lecture6: Money and Output

 

New! Inflation Targeting Presentations: New Zealand    Canada    Australia    UK    Switzerland    Turkey    South Africa

 

Past Midterm

Lecture7: Inflation   

 

Lecture8: Theory of Money

Lecture9: Bond Pricing

Lecture10: Interest Rate Determination

 

Past Final Exam

Key 4   

Key5

Final Review Sheet